Adam Kaspar Hesselbach

Adam Kaspar Hesselbach (January 15, 1788 – May 7, 1856) was a German surgeon and anatomist. He is the son of Franz Kaspar Hesselbach. In 1818 Hesselbach became a Dr. phil. et medicinae in Würzburg. After that he was professor for surgery in Würzburg (1828-1833) and Bamberg (1836-1843).

Works

• Beschreibung des menschlichen Auges (description of the human eye), 1820
• Beschreibung der pathologischen Präparate, welche in der königlichen anatomischen Anstalt zu Würzburg aufbewahrt werden (description of the pathologic compounds, which are at the royal anatomic institute of Würzburg), 1824
• Die sicherste Art des Bauchschnitts in der Leiste (the safest art of an abdominal cut in the groin), 1819
• Die Lehre von den Eingeweidebrüchen (theory of the ruptures), 1829/30.